With the news of Allen Iverson being traded to Detroit, the Big East tandem of AI and Melo is gone. Last year, we made a list of the top Big East Duos, and Iverson and Anthony were on top based on point production.
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In the NBA season openers for three former Hoyas, the results were not very good last night. Allen Iverson, Jeff Green, and Roy Hibbert each lost their first game of the new season. Hoya Hoops gives you a quick rundown of how the former Georgetown stars fared in their opening contests.
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Here’s a little round up of what’s been said and posted about Roy around the internet the past couple days:

• Luke Byrnes from HoopsWorld.com is asking if Roy will be able to become an impact player.
• Jeff Rabjohns from IndyStar.com talks about Hibbert’s great mentors from Georgetown and the tradition of excellent big men.
• And both the Hoya’s new blog and the Voice’s blog are showing a video of Roy at the Pacers’ Fan Jam.

Hopefully Roy will be making many more headlines once the NBA season begins.

Hibbert an Impact Player? [Hoops World]
Arriving with great lineage [IndyStar]
Pacers’ Fan Jam [The Hoya Paranoia | Vox Populi]

Last year, when the Denver Nuggets came to D.C., I was at the Verizon Center to interview Allen Iverson and Carmelo Anthony about the upcoming Big East season. Allen wasn’t in the greatest mood, and being a little timid from my first time in an NBA locker room, I didn’t get a chance to talk with him. I eventually caught up with Carmelo and got a couple of quotes for Tony’s preseason article. (To tell you the truth, I was so hesitant, I actually walked out with Carmelo because I waited until I was the last guy from the media in the locker room and then I had to hurry through my questions so he could leave.)
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Yesterday was Big East Media Day, and the Preseason Coaches’ Polls are in. UCONN was predicted to finish first and the Hoyas were ranked 7th in the conference. Here’s how they placed the teams from top to bottom.
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Allen Iverson and the Denver Nuggets need to win all the games they can in order to make the NBA playoffs. They’re in a battle with the Golden State Warriors for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western conference, and time is running out. Heading into their game against the Seattle SuperSonics last night, they had beaten the Sonics in all three meetings, the last of which being the 168-116 blowout less than a month ago. This time, however, Jeff Green didn’t want to go down without a fight.
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With the season over for the Hoyas, three Georgetown seniors are still making headlines:

• Roy Hibbert was named a Second Team Associated Press All-American this week. Roy was also named to the First Team All-Big East squad this past season, First Team All-Big East in 2007, and Second Team All-Big East in 2006.
• Patrick Ewing, Jr. will participate in the 20th Annual State Farm College Slam Dunk Championship this Thursday in San Antonio. He will be competing against James Gist of Maryland, Will Bullard of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, J.R. Giddens of New Mexico, Brian Randle of Illinois, Deron Washington of Virginia Tech, Sonny Weems of Arkansas, and Joey Dorsey of Memphis. The event will be televised nationally on ESPN and ESPN HD beginning at 9:00PM.
• Patrick Ewing, Jr. will also join Jonathan Wallace as they participate in the 56th Annual Portsmouth Invitational Tournament next week. The P.I.T. is the last opportunity for seniors to be evaluated by NBA coaches and scouts before the NBA pre-draft camp in Orlando. Johnny will be heading to Portsmouth, VA to cover a few of the games and hopefully get a chance to talk to some of the players and coaches.